-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: "Holly Sammons" <sammons@ocpl.lib.ny.us> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:25:48 -0500 (EST) > To: <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: [Videolib] Not Rated Films > > I find that more frequently I am coming across 'not rated' films that I > either purchase directly or get donated to my library that I take home to > watch, mostly out of fear from the cover presentation that they may not be > appropriate for a public library - mine specifically. My library's > collection policy for films, specifically says we will buy nothing beyond > an "R" rating. Needless to say, I buy too many films each year to watch > them all! I rely on the ratings greatly so when a film is 'not rated' I > get worried. I have found that sometimes these films would qualify a "G" > rating and others an NC-17. I guess I have two questions, how do other > libraries deal with this? (I'm assuming this is only an issue in public > libraries) and secondly, why do films not get rated? or maybe my question > should be, what are the benefits of bypassing the rating scheme? > > > -- > Holly Sammons, Librarian > Onondaga County Public Library > 447 So Salina St > Syracuse NY 13202 > 315-435-1894 > > > _______________________________________________ > Videolib mailing list > Videolib@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib
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